Tag: business

Multinationals in China now face formidable competition from domestic brands in almost every sector. What can they do to regain the ascendancy? In recent months, Beijing’s vast subway system has been plastered with posters featuring a range of famous ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is planning to raise up to $6.1 billion from a Hong Kong IPO launching this week, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what will be one of the biggest tech floats globally of recent years. ( read original story ...)

A long-term trade war between the United States and China would end up hurting a lot of American brands, Richard Liu, the founder and CEO of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, told CNBC. Trade tensions mean that American companies could potentially lose ... ( read original story ...)

strong enough as a brand to ride out that sort of thing.” Campaign Asia’s ranking is based upon surveys supported by Nielsen conducted across the Asia Pacific with 400 respondents in each market, except Japan, India and China where participants ... ( read original story ...)

A wave of new Chinese companies are sponsoring the 2018 World Cup in Russia, hoping to use one of the biggest stages in sport to raise their brands. But one of those companies is already the third biggest TV maker in the world: Hisense. Let's break down an ... ( read original story ...)

China responded by calling the move "blackmail" and stated that the US "initiated a trade war." China also threatened to hit back with proportional restrictions. The back-and-forth is the latest is a sustained trade fight between the two countries. ( read original story ...)

Its mega IPO is also to be Hong Kong’s first dual-class share listing. Xiaomi’s move also creates uncertainties for Beijing’s initiative to lure tech giants like Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent back home. The China Securities Regulatory Commission ... ( read original story ...)

Perhaps the biggest group to adopt the practice is the beauty industry. A study by consumer research group L2 showed that two-thirds of beauty brands in China held live streaming events on Tmall, and many other platforms are being used as well. Indeed this ... ( read original story ...)

As the cosmeceuticals sector is carving out a unique name for itself and strong reputation with shoppers, we look at the attitudes impacting these trends and challenges that brands should strive to overcome to boost its appeal. Chinese consumers perceive ... ( read original story ...)

China has underestimated President Donald Trump's resolve to press ahead with tariffs unless Beijing changes its "predatory" trade practices, a top U.S. trade adviser said on Tuesday, in comments that undercut the chances of a negotiated settlement to a ... ( read original story ...)